Stine has written more than two hundred thriller and horror books for children, teens, and adults. In the first decade of the 21st century, stine worked on installments of five different book series, mostly ghostly, rotten school, fear street, the nightmare room, goosebumps horrorland and the standalone novels dangerous girls 2003 and the taste of night 2004. Unusually prolific, he has written many other series, including fear street, mostly ghostly, and. Fear street book lot of 11 vtg 90s rl stine horror mystery ya. A group of friends go to a beach house for the summer and the girl meets the man of her dreams. Make offer rl stine paperbacks fear street babysitter 99 sagas lot of 19 horror free ship. A killer who disappears as completely as footprints in the sand. Do you remember the point horror book series from the 90s. It has was weird the way things would happen but it was a good book. Its up there with diane hohs the scream team, and richie tankersley cusicks fatal secrets. Many of the point horrors namely by rl stine and diane hoh had the most predictable endings of all time, and after reading 25 or so i was beginning to lose faith in them. Stine 05904390 97805904392 abby is happy to be a tri gamma pledge, the best sorority she thinks, until the sisters take the pledges away for a weekend of crime. But each character leads to one death, one by one, being stalked to the beach house.
He followed with many other novels, including the babysitter, beach house, hit and run, and the girlfriend. Stine, the famous author, wrote his first book for kids under the name jovial bob stine and created the humor magazine bananas. Stine became a published fiction author in 1981 with the novel gnasty gnomes. He continued to write several more books such as beach house, the babysitter, and the girlfriend. Just the horizon, but it kept her attention, her gaze unwavering. Authors who published under the label of point horror include r. Because of this book i went on to read almost everything by r. Its the only title i can remember, i think it scared me a little and it came out before goosebumps became bigger than susan boyle. Stine wrote 20 of the books in the series from 1986 to 1997.
Stine is the first point horror book i read and is, to date, the best. Most of the time, when they would switch dates, stine would leave you at the edge of your seat. I guess you can say that i love scaring people here are the book lists. Unlike most of the books in the series, beach house has a stronger plot and an original twist in the tale that appears to have taken a bit more effort than these writers usually put in. An idyllic summer at the exclusive dunehampton beach turns into a nightmare when one of the teenagers disappears. Karen end up meeting two guys that she really likes. Dec 19, 2016 audiobooks on youtube presents the first chapter of r.
Wilson schlame loves to make jack johnson feel like a total loser. Apr 20, 2009 but i also remember this as my favourite rl stine book why. Now, on the same golden sands nearly 40 years later, ashley, ross, lucy and kip are enjoying the same beach. He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedi.
Mar 08, 2008 beach house goes back and forth between the 1960s and present time. This book proved to be a great read for my 3 hour trip to va beach. I got this book as part of a bind up of beach house and beach party, and this was an odd one for stine, who up to this point, was known best for his murder mystery point horror thrillers. Ghost beach is the twentysecond book in the original goosebumps book series. I ve paused in my reading of chris jerichos book to recap it. I wasnt supposed to read scary books so i had to sneak it at night when my mom was asleep. Stine wrote his novels he also worked for nickelodeon network as cocreator and head writer of eureekas castle, a childrens program. The book had me zooming through the chapters non stop. As a group of teenagers enjoy the sun and surf at the beach, a killer who never leaves a clue and who. But i also remember this as my favourite rl stine book why. I remember very little so it shall be interesting to see how it reads seventeen years later. Beach party is mainly about a girl name karen,and she and her friend ann marie has her dads apartment on a beach to themselves.
I loved rl stine as a child not the goosebumps books though. The book also switches from the summer of 1956 to the summer of 1992. This is a difficult book to understand until the end. Stine is a good writer of many young adult novels, but this particular offering can be passed over without a thought.
The point horror series was launched in 1991 by scholastic inc, with the publisher rereleasing several of its previous titles under the point horror banner. Stines hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies. Stine s welcome to dead house, the first book in the goosebumps series. Some scuffs and dings and bends but nothing too crazy. Maria and amy are just chilling on the beach, listening to some classic records and staring in shock at the girl who wears a bikini on the beach. Stine has described himself as a fearful child among his two siblings and said that it was her mother who read the first horror book him and that inspired him to write mostly horror fiction novels and became a specialist in that genre.
She never had a book or the paper or anything else to distract her. Haunting hour is the bestselling book written by rl stine. This book diserves 1,000,000 stars beach house, in my opinion, is one of r. Now, on the same golden sands nearly 40 years later, ashley, ross.
The next book will be announced on 17th august 2015. Stine never seems to let me down when i read one of his books,and beach party was just like the rest absolutely great. His goosebumps series, which was the bestselling series of all time for many years, is widely considered the consummate horror series for kids, with more than four hundred million copies sold. The main story is about a boy named luke who is about 12 to years and is in 7th grade. Little do they know that a killer has begun to stalk them, one by one. I love rl s writing, i do, but i liked secret admirer and college weekend so much better than beach house. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Stine wrote blind date, twisted, the babysitter, beach party, the boyfriend, the babysitter ii, the girlfriend, the snowman, beach house, hit and run. Beach house is the 25th book in the point horror series, and the 9th book in the series written. The point horror series was a series of young adult point horror books and was. Stine invented the teen horror genre with fear street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. Stine started his career as a writer by writing humor books for kids and created the humor magazine bananas. See more ideas about horror books, books and horror tale. Beach house by r l stine book cover, description, publication history.
Even though it was summer, a damp, gray fog had settled on. Point horror was a series of horror themed books by scholastic. Asked in r l stine what did rl stine do on his spare. Its 1956 and four kids are hanging out on the beach. Stine, diane hoh, richie tankersley cusick, christopher pike, and caroline b. Blaker pound and buddy were the same person all along. Beach house point horror series mass market paperback august, 1992. Explore books by author, series, or genre today and receive free shipping. Call waiting by r l stine book cover, description, publication history. The storyline of this book was a rollercoaster that followed a very whodunit type of trope. Beach house is the 25th book in the point horror series, and the 9th book in the series written by r.
And one by one, no one ever comes out of the beach house. Stine wrote his first horror novel in 1986 titled blind date. Point horror is a series of young adult horror fiction books. Stine goosebumps welcome to dead house audiobook youtube. The illustration shows a hooded ghost emerging from a tombstone in a graveyard near a beach. Once, shed been a pro at decompressing, loved to sit on the back deck of the beach house in one of our splintery adirondack chairs for hours at a time, staring at the ocean. Technically not all are fear street proper but all are by rl stine. Stine 0590453866 9780590453868 the author of the popular fear street series presents a spinechilling story of terror on. This book sets in two different settings in 1956 and in 1996 and in perspectives of teenagers in 1956 and the present. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023. During the 1990s, stine was listed on people weekly s most intriguing people list, and in 2003, the guinness book of world records named stine. But while i pretended to be just as annoyed, i was secretly excited to delve into r. Each story or chapter talks about the characters experiences.
For a killer stalks themone by onenever leaving a clue. Firstly, the characters actually have personalities that are unique to them. Then comes beach house, and it could well be the best one of all. Audiobooks on youtube presents the first chapter of r. Beach house was one of the most suspenseful books ive read in a long time. Stine is an extremely prolific author who written well over 400 books and has sold as many as 400 million books as of 2008.
Beach party, unfortunately, falls into that category. The book ends with the two of them out in rosss car and talking. In 1986, he wrote his first horror novel, called blind date. Then he followed with many other novels, including the babysitter, beach house, hit and run, and the girlfriend.